Chapter 189 Cuihua's Death
One day, Yinhua was helping Qianhuan make her bed in the teahouse when she suddenly saw a parchment roll fall out from under the mattress.
She picked it up and asked, "Miss, something fell out from under your bed. Do you still want it?"
Qianhua looked at the parchment map and then she remembered that she was threatened by the man in black in Xunfang Pavilion. She said to Yinhua, "Keep it. Give it to me."
Yin Hua handed the parchment scroll in her hand to Qian Huan. After taking it, she opened it and read it carefully. Before, she had taken it and stuffed it under the mattress without ever reading it carefully.
There were only a few mountains drawn on the parchment scroll, but no words. Qianhuan studied it for a while but couldn't figure out what it meant, so she put it in her arms.
Thinking of the widely reported case of Hongyu being kidnapped at the beginning of the year, Qianhuan suddenly felt that Hongyu was most likely kidnapped by someone sent by the man in black. After all, he said at the time that he would come to redeem her.
If he found out that he had kidnapped the wrong person, would he come looking for her again? Qianhuan thought that if it was not necessary in the future, she should try not to wear women's clothes.
When she returned to the village at night, she pushed the bed away and moved a large blue brick in the corner. She saw a large secret compartment under the blue brick, in which was the small wooden box that Qianhuan had used to hide silver.
Qianhuan took out the wooden box and opened it, only to see a number of silver ingots and the milky white jade pendant inside.
Qianhuan felt that the man in black whom she had rescued in the bamboo forest had not come to see her for such a long time, and it seemed that he would not come to see her again.
This jade pendant not only feels soft to the touch, but also has an exquisite and compact shape. Qianhuan played with it in her hand and liked it more and more. She simply found a red string to string the jade pendant together and then wore it around her neck.
Then she put the map into a small wooden box, locked it, and hid it in a secret compartment. She did not leave the bedroom until she had restored the blue bricks and the bed.
In the spring of that year, a major event occurred in the village. Cuihua, who had not been heard from for a long time, died. She drowned in the same river where she had pushed the original owner into and drowned.
Originally, she was sold to a brothel and could not get out. Who would have thought that one day a man from the village entered the brothel. Cuihua learned from the man that Zhu Wu was married to Xu Tingting from the village, and she was said to be pregnant. Cuihua immediately became indignant.
She looked for an opportunity to sneak out and hid near Zhu's house for a few days, waiting for the opportunity. Finally, she got the chance to see Xu Tingting go out alone.
Cuihua rushed forward with a dagger like a madman and held the person hostage. Zhu Wu and his mother chased after them after they found out. Cuihua held Xu Tingting hostage and brought her to the river. She asked Zhu Wu unwillingly, "Why would you rather marry her than me? Why? Why?"
"Cuihua, you crazy woman, let my wife go." Zhu Wu's mother was extremely anxious. Xu Tingting was pregnant with her precious grandson, so there couldn't be any mistakes.
"Cuihua, calm down. Tingting is pregnant with my child. If you are angry or resentful, you can come to me. Don't hurt Tingting."
Zhu Wu looked anxious. Although he couldn't say that he loved Xu Tingting very much, the child was their Zhu family's flesh and blood, so he was still very nervous.
Cuihua might have been stimulated by his words. She laughed like a madman. She might have been frustrated or she might have felt that she was a joke. "Cousin, since you can't love me in this life, then just hate me. It's better to hate me than to forget me."
Then, with a determined look on her face, she pulled Xu Tingting and jumped into the river.
Upon seeing this, Zhu Wu immediately jumped into the river and rescued Xu Tingting. Xu Tingting was saved, but unfortunately the baby was lost. Xu Tingting cried her heart out.
Zhu Wuniang cursed even more, "That bitch Cuihua is so vicious. She wanted to die herself, so why did she drag my daughter-in-law with her? It's a pity that our Zhu family's first precious grandson is gone. That bitch died herself, which is the end of it, but where can we go to seek justice?"
The Xu family also hated Cuihua to the core, but unfortunately Cuihua had drowned in the river. The Xu family was so angry that they had to go to the Liang family to seek justice.
The Liang family was afraid of being blackmailed by the Xu family, so Zhu directly announced, "Cuihua is no longer the daughter of our Liang family. A married girl is like spilled water. She is a member of the Sun family after she married into the Sun family. Moreover, she has been sold by the Sun family. She has nothing to do with us. Don't even think about blackmailing our Liang family."
Zhu thought her daughter was unlucky and didn't even go to collect Cuihua's body.
The Xu family was really shocked by the indifference of Liang's family. Since the Liang family refused to recognize Cuihua, then the Xu family could only blame themselves for their bad luck and had no way of causing trouble for them.
In the end, Liang Wenyong couldn't bear it anymore, so he ran to collect the body, then dug a hole and buried his sister.
When Qianhuan knew about this, she just felt that Cuihua was too confused in her life. She was obsessed with a man who didn't love her, and finally made herself a joke.
If Cuihua had been more clear-headed and calmed down to live a good life with Sun Wang, she wouldn't have ended up in such a miserable situation.
After The Legend of the White Snake, Qianhuan wrote various folk stories such as The Female Prime Minister and The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, and then asked actors to perform in different styles in the teahouse. With so many wonderful stage plays to watch, the business of Banri Qinghuan Garden has been very stable.
Qianhuan opened teahouse branches one after another in all the counties of Lingzhou City. Qianhuan tried to locate the shops close to the Zuixianju branch, so that the business of Chu's Restaurant would be boosted by the teahouse, and she would get a larger share of the profits.
When each branch opened, Master Qingyin would play a tea ceremony piece of music. Since then, Master Qingyin's name has spread throughout Lingzhou City and even to the surrounding provincial capitals.
Half-Day Qinghuan Garden also became famous, and my stage plays written by Qianhuan began to spread throughout the entire Dayuan Kingdom. Often, wealthy people from other nearby states would take a carriage to the teahouse to drink tea and watch plays.
Qianhuan felt that her Half-Day Qinghuan Garden should not be limited to Lingzhou City, and she began to plan to open teahouses throughout the Dayuan Dynasty.
Occasionally Qianhuan would go to the pasture to ride horses alone. Now her horsemanship has become very good. She can ride freely on the horse by herself and can also perform many fancy riding moves on the horse.
Her archery skills are also very impressive, and she almost always hits the bull's eye. All this is due to her hard practice.
She is like this. No matter what she does or what she learns, she either doesn't start at all or, once she starts, she will do her best.